River Cane

 

River cane grows wild along many branches in our area. There's none on our place -- perhaps in the past the farmers got rid of it or perhaps it prefers a lower elevation. 

River cane was an important resource for the Cherokees who used  it to make baskets . . .

Blowguns . . .

and flutes.

The hot links will take you to more information about these indigenous crafts, as well as to the sites where I found the images.